Mortice and Tenon

[amolitor]

 

[Patrice]

Nice image if a bit dark.



"Mortice" is the verb for the act of making a mortise.

So - mortise and tenon joint.

I know, nose picking trivia. I teach woodworking.

And for even more nose picking; the joints shown are not strictly mortise and tenon as there are no tenons. The angled framing members are simply set into mortises cut in the vertical pieces and appear to be pegged as well.

 

[amolitor]

Possibly the two joints corresponding to the two pins are not tenoned, but there were quite a few tongues in the structure overall. Thanks for the mortice/mortise clarification! I never knew that!

As a bit of trivia, these are recycled chestnut logs (well, maybe not THESE, to be fair -- many of the logs used in the structures at the site are, and I ASSUME that these are as well). Some bloke apparently preserved a bunch of structures in western virgina by taking them apart and warehousing the logs. This, basically, means there's a warehouse full of chestnut logs all broadaxed to rough shape morticed here and there, some with tenons as well. So there are mortises cut into these things more or less at random, with tenons from other members occasionally put in as needed. These logs have been used at least once before, and possibly several times. It makes things quite attractive. Of course it's also rather sad to know that the species is pretty much wiped out.

 

[KenC]

Some interesting angles and some nice dark tones, but I keep getting drawn to the bright background, especially the lower right corner. If some of that were cropped and the rest darkened it would work better, imo.

 

[timor]

These logs have been used at least once before, and possibly several times. It makes things quite attractive. Of course it's also rather sad to know that the species is pretty much wiped out.

There is more such a guys around. If you have 16 min.
[h=3]Reconstructing the Japanese Farmhouse Minka[/h]or same here
Reconstructing the Japanese Farmhouse Minka - Video Dailymotion

Just endure first 30 sec of an add.